Rueben's Ramblings

On November 30, the new series Willow, based on the classic film, will debut online on Disney+.

The story began with an aspiring magician from a Nelwyn village and an infant girl destined to unite the realms, who together helped destroy an evil queen and banish the forces of darkness. Now, in a magical world where brownies, sorcerers, trolls, and other mystical creatures flourish, the adventure continues, as an unlikely group of heroes set off on a dangerous quest to places far beyond their home, where they must face their inner demons and come together to save their world.

Warwick Davis reprises his role as Willow Ufgood from the original movie on which this series is based.

Here is a trailer for Willow:

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On November 24, the first 2 episodes of Criminal Minds: Evolution will debut online on Paramount+ today [you can also see the first episode on CBS at 10 PM].

In this reboot of the long-running series, the FBI’s elite team of criminal profilers come up against their greatest threat yet, an UnSub who has used the pandemic to build a network of other serial killers. As the world opens back up and the network goes operational, the team must hunt them down, one murder at a time.

Original cast members reprising their roles include Joe Mantegna, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Adam Rodriguez and Paget Brewster. Zach Gilford joins the dynamic cast as a recurring guest star in a season-long arc.

Here is a trailer for Criminal Minds: Evolution:

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On November 23, the new series Wednesday, based on the character from The Addams Family, will debut online on Netflix.

This live-action coming-of age “comedy” about Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega), and her years as a student at the Nevermore Academy where she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago – all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships of the strange and diverse student body.

The ensemble cast includes Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzman, Jamie McShane, Gwendoline Christie and Thora Birch along with Christina Ricci (who played the title role in the box office movie).

Here is a trailer for Wednesday:

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The new series Echo 3 will premiere online on Apple TV+ on November 23.

This action-packed thriller, set in South America, follows Amber Chesborough (Jessica Ann Collins), a brilliant young scientist who is the emotional heart of a small American family. When Amber goes missing along the Colombia-Venezuela border, her brother, Bambi (Luke Evans), and her husband, Prince (Michiel Huisman) – two men with deep military experience and complicated pasts – struggle to find her in a layered personal drama, set against the explosive backdrop of a secret war.

The cast includes Bradley Whitford and Juan Pablo Raba.

Here is a trailer for Echo 3:

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On November 22, the Hulu drama Welcome to Chippendales will debut online.

This true-crime saga tells the outrageous story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee (Kumail Nanjiani), an Indian immigrant who became the unlikely founder of the world’s greatest male-stripping empire.

The cast includes Andrew Rannells, Dan Stevens, Juliette Lewis, Nicola Peltz Beckham and Murray Bartlett.

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The mind-bending drama 1899 will debut online on Netflix on November 17.

In 1899, European immigrants traveling to the promised land encounter a terrible nightmare after finding another migrant ship adrift on the open sea.

The cast includes Aneurin Barnard, Emily Beecham and Andreas Pietschmann.

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On November 16, the limited series The Santa Clauses, based on the box office movie franchise The Santa Claus, will debut online on Disney+.

Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) is on the brink of his 65th birthday and realizing that he can’t be Santa forever. He’s suddenly starting to lose his Santa magic; and, more importantly, he’s got a family who could benefit from a life in the normal world, especially his two kids who have grown up at the North Pole. With a lot of elves, children and family to please, Scott sets out to find a suitable replacement Santa while preparing his family for a new adventure in a life south of the pole.

Elizabeth Mitchell is back as Carol; David Krumholtz as Bernard the Elf as well as Kal Penn and Laura San Giacomo.

Here is a trailer for The Santa Clauses:

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The EPIX drama Rogue Heroes will debut on November 13 at 9 PM.

This series is a dramatized account of how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the Special Air Service (SAS), was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of World War II. Based on Ben Macintyre’s best-selling book of the same name, the series centers on David Stirling, an eccentric young officer who is hospitalized after a training exercise gone wrong. Convinced that traditional commando units don’t work, Stirling creates a radical plan that flies in the face of all accepted rules of modern warfare. He fights for permission to recruit the toughest, boldest, and brightest soldiers for a small undercover unit that will create mayhem behind enemy lines. More rebels than soldiers, Stirling’s team is every bit as complicated, flawed, and reckless as it is brave and heroic.

The cast includes Alfie Allen, Dominic West, Jack O’Connell and Sofia Boutella.

Here is a trailer for Rogue Heroes:

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On November 11, the half-hour anthology series Circuit Breakers will debut online on Apple TV+.

The show is about middle-schoolers in the near future that uses science fiction as a backdrop to tell universal stories about growing up.

Each installment features a sci-fi twist on kid relatable stories, with the intent of kids and families asking themselves how they would act in each unique situation.

Here is a trailer for Circuit Breakers:

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